Genesis 11:31 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.”
Genesis 11:31 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 11:3129 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
תֶּרַחteraḥTerach
אֶתʾet—
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
וְאֶתwəʾet—
לוֹטlwōṭLot
בֶּןbenSon
הָרָןhārānHaran
בֶּןbenSon
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
וְאֵתwəʾēt—
שָׂרַיśāraySarai
כַּלָּתוֹkalātwōBride
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
וַיֵּצְאוּwayēṣəʾûAnd go
אִתָּםʾitāmNearness
מֵאוּרmēʾûrFrom Ur
כַּשְׂדִּיםkaśədîmKasdite
לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go
עַדʿadAs far
חָרָןḥārānCharan
וַיֵּשְׁבוּwayēšəvûAnd sit
שָׁםšāmThere
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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